How to setup rsyslog for Centralized Log Management | Linux Today

How to setup rsyslog for Centralized Log Management

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Shahril bin Kamaruzzaman
Dec 7, 2016

This tutorial explains how to setup rsyslog as a centralized log management server on RedHat Linux based OS like CentOS. Centralized log management means to collect all sorts of logs from several physical or virtualized servers on one log server to monitor the health and security of the server services. We use rsyslog in this tutorial because it offers high-performance, great security and a modular design.

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Shahril bin Kamaruzzaman

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